Police: Glassport has 4 armed robberies in 1 night

3 involved in a string robberies, Allegheny County police say

Allegheny County police are investigating a string of armed robberies in Glassport that happened Friday night, and detectives said the same men are involved in each incident.

Three people have been linked to the crimes occurring throughout the Glassport area, police said. One of them was carrying a silver handgun.

The descriptions of suspects and victims are vague, as detectives have remained tight-lipped about the investigation. Glassport police turned over the investigation to the county early this week.

One person said she was robbed at gunpoint on Hemlock Alley behind the American Legion. She said three young men approached her in an alleyway, and one pointed a gun at her while another demanded her purse.

"The little one had a silver pistol on him," said the victim, Corrine, who did not want to be fully identified out of fear for her safety. "I got scared. I said I didn't want any problems and said, 'Here take it.'"

Corinne said the suspects got away with $120 that she saved for her daughter's 16th birthday. "There was a gentleman that heard about what happened to me and he went and bought my daughter a birthday cake," she said. "I don't even know the guy. He bought cake and ice cream. So that was nice."

"It's just gotten progressively worse," said a neighbor who did not want her name revealed. "I'm not so much afraid to leave than I am to sit there with the doors unlocked because they're picking people random."

She says her family is moving out of Glassport next week. "I'm scared because at any moment it can happen to anybody. That's why we chose to move.

"I won't walk at night now. I won't walk through the alley," said Corinne. "I grew up here. This is my hometown. I shouldn't be afraid to walk out that door, and now I am."